This ground has been trod over and over.

Kerry did not 'turn his back on the flag'. In fact by exercising his right to free specch he was standing up for the very principles that flag supposedly represents.

Even McCain has said so.................................................................................repeatedly.

One form of desecrating the flag is by allowing your bias against Kerry to interfere with your perception of reality to the point that you would begrudge any american citizen their right to free speech....

...harmful to morale? In what way? Further substantiating the idea the soldiers already had that the American people did not support the war in Viet Nam?